Crazy King Ludwig spent millions on a castle that he never saw finished. It seemed like a requirement that the Hofburgs of Austria needed to one-up their ancestors when building their residence. And the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is still being...
Crazy King Ludwig spent millions on a castle that he never saw finished. It seemed like a requirement that the Hofburgs of Austria needed to one-up their ancestors when building their residence. And the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is still being...
Today on The Nomad Files I’m proud to present Tiffany of A Girl and Her Passport. Tiffany is an American expat living in Qatar and loves blogging about the culture, history and food she comes across on her travels. Tiffany has a great story...
Interesting fact about Vienna: it and Bratislava are the two closest capital cities in Europe, separated by a distance of only 79 kilometres. And when you are poor exchange student living in England, backpacking Europe you count every penny and...
The adrenaline. The panic and confusion. The exhilaration! San Fermin, or the Running of the Bulls, the now somewhat controversial festival begins in a few days in Pamplona, Spain. It really is a ridiculous festival given thought: a handfull of...
History is an incredible thing. Some pretty insane stuff has happened and that’s just what was written down. For example, Napoleon was somehwhat of a conqueror. He roamed Europe raping and pillaging (my own conjecture) and taking whatever the...
